With the theme “Ho Chi Minh - A Guiding Light”, the programme recreated the portrait of President Ho Chi Minh, a man who left no personal possessions except for an immense love encompassing the entire nation, a pure and great life that moved millions of hearts.
On June 5, 1911, a young man named Nguyen Tat Thanh, who later became the beloved President Ho Chi Minh of the Vietnamese people, under the name of Van Ba got on the French ship Amiral Latouche Tréville to depart Nha Rong Wharf in the then Saigon, starting a 30-year odyssey to seek a path for saving the country from colonialism.
For Ho Chi Minh City, half a century has been honoured to bear his name. This is not only a source of national pride but also an expression of his boundless love, which continues to be present, watching over every step, every change, every innovation, every rise of the Party Committee and the people of Ho Chi Minh City.
From the light of Ho Chi Minh Thought and from the style and ethics of President Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh City today is striving relentlessly, step by step, to maintain its position and stature as the largest metropolis in the country, entering a new era.
